Information on Seat Selection

In best available seat booking, you choose a category of seats and select the number of tickets you would like. An automatic allocation of seats will take place within the selected category; you receive the best available seats.

Information on Online Sales

Ticket pre-sales for performances at all venues generally begin on the same date two months before the day of the performance. If the first pre-sale date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then pre-sales will begin on that Friday. If it falls on a holiday, then sales will begin the day before. Some events cannot be purchased through online sales. For such cases, please contact our telephone ticket service ((+49) (0) 711. 20 20 90, Mon – Fri 10 am – 8 pm, Sat 10 am – 6 pm). Performances outside of the previously mentioned pre-sale periods can be ordered using the online ordering form. Please examine our general information on ticket pre-sales.

Gift certificates can be transferred to third parties and are valid up to three years after the issue date. The period begins on December 31 of the year the certificate has been purchased. An extension of this period is excluded. The disbursement of the certificate value is not possible. The monetary value will be offset against the price (higher differences must be paid). Existing remaining amounts are disbursed as another gift certificate. A later setting-off of a certificate to a purchase already made is not possible. Gift certificates cannot be used for the purchase of further certificates.

Tickets or gift vouchers can be sent out for a shipping fee of 1.50 €, if the time of the order allows for it. The Staatstheater Stuttgart cannot accept any responsibility for the shipment.
Confirmation of purchase will automatically be sent by email to the address you provided, as soon as purchase of your order has been initiated.
By presenting printed confirmation of purchase, tickets can be picked up at the theatre box office or at the appropriate performance box office; gift vouchers only at the theatre box office (Mon – Fri 10 am – 7 pm, Sat 10 am – 2 pm).
Only printed tickets are valid as passes for means of transport with the VVS. Printed confirmations of purchase will not be accepted as valid ride passes for the VVS.

You can purchase any of our print@home ticket(s) (with the start of season 14/15) at any time and print them out yourself. This booking service is available to you until 1 hour before a performance starts at no additional cost and is specified during the booking via choice of shipping option. After completing the purchasing transaction, the desired ticket will be displayed as a PDF file and can be printed immediately. You will receive a confirmation of purchase at the email address you have provided, with the ticket file as an attachement. The personalization of each ticket with a name and date of birth prevents improper duplication for the protection of the purchaser. Each ticket entitles the holder to one unique admission in conjunction with a valid ID. If there are any questions, please contact our telephone sales office ((+49) (0) 711. 20 20 90). Operating hours telephone sales office: Mon - Fri 10 am - 08 pm; Sat 10 am - 06 pm.

print@home ticket = transit ticketYour print@home ticket is valid as a transit ticket for public transportation in the VVS system at no additional cost and will automatically beeig print with your print@home ticket. Please pay attention to the required personalisation during the booking transaction.

Sue Jin Kang

Principal Dancer

VITA

Sue Jin Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. After initial ballet lessons in her native country, she studied with Marika Besobrasova at the Académie de Danse classique Princess Grace in Monte Carlo. In 1985 she won the Prix de Lausanne.

In September 1986, Sue Jin Kang was taken into the Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet. 1994 Márcia Haydée promoted her to Soloist; three years later Reid Anderson promoted her to Principal Dancer. Her repertoire includes a wise range of leading roles full-length ballets, especially by John Cranko, as well as solo roles in other choreographies. Several renowned choreographers have created roles for Sue Jin Kang in their ballets.

Sue Jin Kang has toured with the Stuttgart Ballet all around the world. She successfully performed at the National Ballet of Korea, at the Universal Ballet in Seoul, Korea, as well as at the Art Festival in Istanbul and in Hanover where she danced Lise in La fille mal gardée (Heinz Spoerli). She has also danced at the Bavarian State Ballet Munich, the Dresden Ballet, the Ballet of the Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden, the Ballet of the Royal Czech National Theatre, the Leipzig Ballet, the Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse and the Vienna State Opera. In May 2007 she was invited by John Neumeier to dance the role of Marguerite Gautier in his ballet The Lady of the Camellias with the Hamburg Ballet and Marijn Rademaker in the role of Armand Duval.

Sue Jin Kang has received several honours and prices such as the Prix Benois de la Danse for her role as Marguerite in The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier) in 1999. In 2007 she was awarded the national title of “Kammertänzerin”. In the same year she received the John Cranko-Award from the John Cranko Association. In addition to that, she received diverse honours in her native country.

Stuttgart Ballet’s Principal Dancer Sue Jin Kang was appointed to Artistic Director of the Korean National Ballet in January 2014. But until summer 2016 she will also stay a dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet.